well that's an excellent thing :)
to be honest, I'm really lucky as well. Three days after admittance they still weren't entirely sure of my diagnosis. There was a choice of two. One was what I had, which while nasty and extremely scary meant I'd get better, the other was MS
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:40, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

a relief for you I'm sure
are you over it now (other than mentally) or could it come back?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:42, Reply)

there's a 5% chance
that I could develop the chronic form, and a 0.5% chance that I could just simply catch it again. The odds sound good but it's a 100,000 to one that you get it in the first place (no reason why it happens- its not genetic, not a bug, it's not catching or anything)
However I was told after a few months it would be two years before I walked again. Six months in total and I was back on my feet. Two years on I look absolutely fine, and have no visual residuals which is a massive relief
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:46, Reply)

sounds like a weird illness
good work on the recovery though
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:52, Reply)

Cheers
yeah it's a weird illness. No-one has ever heard of it unless they know someone whose been affected. Though med students do come up and ask me a lot about it
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:53, Reply)